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2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's Javelin Throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund Letzigrund () is a stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, the home of the football (soccer), football clubs FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich, as well as the Sport of athletics, athletics club . The original stadium was constructed by members of FC ... on 12 and 14 August. Medalists Records Schedule Results Qualification 57.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final. Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:2014 European Athletics Championships, Women's Javelin Throw Javelin Throw W[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javelin Throw
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. History The javelin throw was added to the Ancient Olympic Games as part of the pentathlon in 708 BC. It included two events, one for distance and the other for accuracy in hitting a target. The javelin was thrown with the aid of a thong (''Amentum, ankyle'' in Greek) that was wound around the middle of the shaft. Athletes held the javelin by the ''ankyle'', a leather strap around the shaft, so when they released the javelin, the unwinding of the thong gave the javelin a spiral trajectory. Throwing javelin-like poles into targets was revived in Germany and Sweden in the early 1870s. In Sweden, these poles developed into the modern javelin, and throwing them for distance became a common event ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martina Ratej
Martina Ratej (born 2 November 1981) is a Slovenian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Career Ratej competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Ratej won the bronze medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, finished eleventh at the 2009 World Championships and eighth at the 2009 World Athletics Final. These results represented a breakthrough for the athlete, who had previously struggled to make an impact at major competitions.Ratej starts the summer in style . (2010-05-09). Retrieved on 2010-05-22. Ratej broke the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Eberl
Elisabeth Eberl (born 25 March 1988, in Graz) is an Austrian javelin thrower. She competed in the Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw, javelin throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Achievements References Sportspeople from Graz Athletes from Styria Austrian female javelin throwers 1988 births Living people Olympic athletes for Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Austria European Games medalists in athletics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Austria Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Austrian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Therese Obst
Marie-Therese Obst (born 7 January 1996) is a German-Norwegian javelin thrower. She is a European Throwing Cup (2024), NCAA (2021) and Norwegian national (2015) champion, and a European Championships (2024) bronze medalist. Obst has also won the Nordic Junior Championships (2015) and multiple national titles at junior level, in addition to being the Norwegian U20 record holder with a mark of 57.44 metres. She competed in the women's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Biography Obst was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to Moss, Norway when she was 9 years old. She moved to Oslo in 2012 and won her first national gold medal in javelin throw at junior level that same year. She competed in her first international competition at the 2013 World U18 Championships in Athletics, finishing 19th in the qualifying round. At the 2014 European Championships, Obst finished 16th in the qualifying round. She improved significantly at the 2014 World U20 Championships in Athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indrė Jakubaitytė
Indrė Jakubaitytė (born 24 January 1976) is a female javelin thrower from Lithuania. Her personal best throw is 63.65 metres, achieved in September 2007 in Kaunas Kaunas (; ) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest List of cities in the Baltic states by population, city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaun ... is also the current national record. She competed at the 2007 World Championships, but without reaching the final. Achievements References * External links * * * 1976 births Living people Lithuanian female javelin throwers Olympic athletes for Lithuania Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Lithuania {{Lithuania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Andrejsková
Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, Petra is also called the "Rose City" because of the colour of the sandstone from which it is carved. The city is one of the New 7 Wonders of the World and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The area around Petra has been inhabited from as early as 7000 BC, and was settled by the Nabataeans, a nomadic Arab people, in the 4th century BC. Petra would later become the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom in the second century BC. The Nabataeans invested in Petra's proximity to the incense trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub, which gained them considerable revenue. Unlike their enemies, the Nabataeans were accustomed to living in the barren deserts and thus were able to defend their kingdom. They were particularly sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir (born 28 October 1985) is an Icelandic former javelin thrower. Biography She represented her country at both 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 European Championships and 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017 World Championships. Her personal best is 63.43 metres, achieved on 12 July 2017 in Joensuu, Finland. She is the current Icelandic record holder. Competition record Personal life In end of 2020, Ásdís was infected with COVID-19 and was hospitalised for a week where she was put on a ventilator A ventilator is a type of breathing apparatus, a class of medical technology that provides mechanical ventilation by moving breathable air into and out of the lungs, to deliver breaths to a patient who is physically unable to breathe, or breathi .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hjalmsdottir, Asdis 1985 births Living people Asdis Hjalmsdottir Athletes (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofi Flink
Ida Sofi Emilia Flink (born 8 July 1995) is a Swedish track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's de .... Her personal best throw of 61.96 m is the Swedish women's record. Career Flink won silver at her first international competition, the 2011 World Youth Championships. In 2012, she won gold at the World Junior Championships. In July 2013, she won gold at the European Junior Championships. The next month she competed at the 2013 World Championships, her first senior international competition. She set a personal best and Swedish record of 61.96 m to advance through the qualification round then finished tenth in the final with a 59.52 m throw. In July 2014, Flink sought to defend her title at the World Junior Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes Chilla
Mercedes Chilla López (born January 19, 1980, in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz) is a javelin thrower from Spain. She has represented Spain at two Summer Olympics (2004 and 2008) and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. Chilla is the Spanish record holder for the event, with a best mark of 64.07 metres, and has won medals at the Mediterranean Games and the Ibero-American Championships. Career She first reached the international podium at the 2003 Summer Universiade, where she took the bronze medal. She attended her first Olympic competition at the 2004 Athens Games and she was 22nd overall. In 2005, she enjoyed success at the regional level with another javelin bronze at the 2005 Mediterranean Games and she improved on her previous global competition performance with a fifteenth-place finish at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics. Her 2006 season saw her gain a slew of European honours, starting with a bronze at the 2006 European Cup Winter Thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madara Palameika
Madara Sady Ndure (previously known as Palameika) (born 18 June 1987) is a Latvian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Her personal best of 66.18 m, set in 2016, is the Latvian record. Career She won a bronze medal at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, with a throw of 57.07 metres. She then won a gold medal at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, with a throw of 64.51 metres. She had a seventh place finish at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, with a best throw of 60.78 metres. She had an eighth place finish at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, with a best throw of 56.82 metres. She finished in seventh place overall at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with a throw of 60.73 metres. Competing in Zurich, Switzerland, she had a fourth place finish at the 2014 European Athletics Championships with a best throw of 62.04 metres. She h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldie Sayers
Katherine Dinah "Goldie" Sayers (born 16 July 1982) is a British former javelin thrower, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life Sayers, born in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, was educated at Fairstead House School, Newmarket, and at The King's School, Ely. She played hockey, netball and tennis at county level, and was an under 11 national table tennis champion. Career highlights Sayers first came to prominence when setting national junior records and winning national titles, in 2001. Sayers also served as the captain of Great Britain's women's under 20 team, this season. The following season, Sayers represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and finished in sixth place. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Sayers represented Great Britain but failed to make the final at her first Olympics. She finished twelfth at both the 2005 World Championships and 2006 European Championships but she did finish fifth at the 2006 Commonwealt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Molitor
Katharina Molitor (born 8 November 1983) is a German sportswoman who competes as a javelin thrower and volleyball player. As a javelin thrower, she is a World Champion, having won gold in 2015, and her personal best throw is 67.69 m. As a volleyball player, she represents Bayer Leverkusen in the ''Erste Volleyball-Bundesliga'', the highest tier of German volleyball. She is a two-time Olympian, having competed in the javelin throw for Germany at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished eighth in 2008, and improved to sixth in 2012. She won gold at the 2010 German Championships and has since competed in every European and World Championships. Her best result is first place at the 2015 World Championships. Competition record References External links * * Katharina Molitorat ''Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband The German Athletics Association (German language, German: ''Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband''; DLV) is the governing body for the sport of Athletics (sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
